Ravinia 2025 Issue 1

Annual Fund Ravinia is deeply grateful to every Annual Fund contributor for helping make possible our exceptional, diverse musical programming, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s residency; our welcoming, verdant concert setting; and our music education and engagement programs across Chicagoland. Support at any level makes a positive impact on our mission. The following list includes donors who have made gifts of $1,250 or more between October 1, 2024, and May 9, 2025. A degree sign (°) recognizes Silver Circle members for their 25 or more years of support. CORPORATIONS & FOUNDATIONS $100,000 and above Allstate°, Lead Reach Teach Play Sponsor Audi, Automotive partner 2025–26 Paul M. Angell Family Foundation BMO The Dancing Skies Foundation Discover°, Official Card The Grainger Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc.° Midtown Athletic Clubs, Official Club The Negaunee Foundation° Northwestern Medicine The Sedge & Henry Plitt Charitable Trusts Sage Foundation Wintrust $65,000 – $99,999 Anonymous Abbott° Baird Fifth Third Bank Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.° ITW° Northern Trust° PNC Bank° Polk Bros. Foundation° Terlato Wines, Official Wine Sponsor $35,000 – $64,999 AbbVie Bacardi North America – Patron Tequila Baxter International Inc.° Martin & Mary L. Boyer Foundation The Coca-Cola Company° Julius N. Frankel Foundation° Lloyd A. Fry Foundation° Walter & Karla Goldschmidt Foundation° Greenberg Traurig, LLP Illinois Arts Council° JPMorgan Chase & Co.° Ralla Klepak Foundation for Education in the Performing Arts Latham & Watkins LLP Perkins Coie LLP Reed Smith LLP Shure Incorporated Sidley Austin LLP° Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Stepan Company° Testa Produce White Claw Hard Seltzer $25,000 – $34,999 Anonymous The Buchanan Family Foundation° The Crown Family Dr. Scholl Foundation° Ehlert Family Foundation Elaine Frank Fund Grainger° Hunter Family Foundation, in honor of Maxine M. Hunter° Kirkland & Ellis° Thomas & Susan Maas Mason Foundation, Inc.° Mayer Brown LLP° RBC Wealth Management Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Foundation Rice-Temple-Tomasino Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services, Inc. Smart Family Foundation of Illinois $17,000 – $24,999 Banner Plumbing Kitchen & Bath Showroom Alverin M. Cornell Foundation Ernst & Young LLP° Barbara Field and Family, and Joe & Cindy Kaplan and Family° John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Haskris J. Emil Anderson & Son, Inc.° Learning Resources, Inc. Peck Ritchey, LLC° Ravinia Festival Endowment Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation° $12,000 – $16,999 The Allyn Foundation° Huston Wealth Solutions Raymond James Steve Jaffe Katten° KPMG LLP° Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC Mesirow Financial° Oak Ridge Investments, LLC UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement Wells Fargo Advisors $8,000 – $11,999 Anonymous (2) Abt Electronics & Appliances AIM Unlimited Ballingarry Group Cole-Crone Family Foundation° Dependable Courier Corp. Favil David Berns & Associates First Bank of Highland Park° Fletcher Family Foundation The Generations of Giving Foundation Harbortown Industries, Inc. Harris Family Foundation Heathrow Scientific LLC° Barbara S. Herst Trust Hillwood Jaffe & Berlin, LLC Judy and John Keller Lundbeck Malott Family Foundation Modestus Bauer Foundation° Molson Coors° Next Chapter Inc. North Shore Gas Community Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation° Northwestern University° RJ2 Technologies Sargent Family Foundation° Arch W. Shaw Foundation° Solot & Karp Family Foundation° Sunset Food Mart, Inc. ° Symphony Financial Trustmark Insurance Companies° The Vail Family Foundation° W.B. Olson, Inc. Larry J. Wolfe LTD, Certified Public Accountants $5,000 – $7,999 Carnot & Luceile Allen Foundation° American Freedom L & R Anixter Foundation The Bill Bass Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Gary Bazelon Belmonti Family Foundation Bernbaum Family Charitable Fund George & Minou Colis Conagra Brands Abe & Ida Cooper Foundation Digital Check Corp. Ferrari Lake Forest James Ferry GlacierPoint Enterprises Ernest A. Grunsfeld Jr. Trust The Irving Harris Foundation° The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Keenan Creative Kennedy Family Foundation Aimee & Benjamin Kleiman° Frances H. Krasnow° Jessica and Torjus Lundevall Fund of the Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation David A. Marcus & Associates, Inc. Neimark & Levin° Geraldi Norton Foundation° Harriette & Ted Perlman The Joachim & Vicki Peters Foundation° The Podolsky Family Foundation° Henry Pope Foundation Professional Education International Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation° Phyllis & Perry Schwartz Foundation° The Trillium Foundation° Venture One Real Estate William Blair & Company, LLC° XL Screw Corporation – Frances and Robert Sachs° INDIVIDUALS $100,000 and above Elizabeth Crown & Bill Wallace, in loving memory of Catherine Crown Sanders ElevenEleven Foundation / Jim & Wendy Abrams Tera & Richard McBlaine° Mr. John Rau Mr. & Mrs. Loren Stone Audrey L. Weaver $60,000 – $99,999 Megan P. & John L. Anderson° Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Lyn Goldstein° $30,000 – $59,999 Anonymous (2) Judy & Merrill Blau° Lynn Donaldson &Cameron Avery° Missy & Bruce Ettelson The Susan Nicholas Fasciano Family Foundation Dottie B.B. & Jason Gordon Betsy & Arthur Holden° Irving & Roberta Lewis Charitable Foundation° Pamela J. Mayo Mr. & Mrs. E. Scott Santi Jennifer Steans & James Kastenholz° Linda & Craig Umans $25,000 – $29,999 Anonymous (2) Leslie Lauer Berghoef Jane & David Casper° Susan & Don Civgin Winnie & Bob Crawford° Shawn M. Donnelley & Christopher M. Kelly Edwardson Family Foundation° Joan & Bob Feitler° Christine & Stephen Fussell Glerum Family Foundation Justin Greis Carol & Ed Kaplan / Kaplan Foundation Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation° Klaff Family Foundation° Chris & Elise Klein Becky & Lester Knight Bill & Diane Lloyd° Sheila Medvin° Kenneth & Jodi Meister Judy & Rob Merrilees Harold M. & Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation° Mrs. Albert Pawlick° Sue N. Pick, in loving memory of Thomas F. Pick° Ellen Rudnick & Paul Earle° Cari & Michael Sacks ° Mr. & Mrs. Neal Schneider Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust ° John Snyder & Mignon Dupepe Sue Stevens Lynne & David B. Weinberg° $15,000 – $24,999 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Brad Akason Sarah & Larry Barden Ms. Allegra Biery Shannon Carstens Carol & Douglas Cohen° Cretors Family Bobbie & Charlie Denison Jeanne & Tom Denison° Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Deveny Annette Dezelan° Christopher & Samantha Drewry St. Margaret’s College and Schools Foundation from Mr. Tadashi Enami° Ms. Venita E. Fields & Mr. Lonnie Hampton Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Fink Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Frank Kari A. Guhl & Larry A. Gerber° Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Gerstein George & Maureen Gilmore The Avrum Gray Family° Erika Gross° Jeff & Kathryn Haydon Janice & Steve Hefter° Donald J. Holmberg & Karen Morgan Holmberg Michele & Troy Ihlanfeldt Ms. Kathryn D. Ingraham & Mr. James Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Darryl Jacobs Rudy Juarez Family Mr. & Mrs. David R. Kahnweiler Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Katz Cookie & Henry Kohn° Lori Ann Komisar & Morris Silverman° Mr. & Mrs. Mitch A. Kovitz David & Susan Kreisman Craig J. Lancaster & Charlene T. Handler Mr. & Mrs. Toby Lees Liz & Eric Lefkofsky Mr. & Mrs. Adam LeFebvre Dr. Cori Levinson & Dr. Gary Noskin Mr. Mark Levy Dee Levy Andrew & Laurel Marovitz Mr. Miles L. Marsh Jess Merten Michael Miranda O’Leary-Gill Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael Paleczny Amita & Barry Poll The Prussian Family° The Reid-Anderson Family Gloria & Dan Reisner Helen S. Rubinstein, in memory of Michael J. Rubinstein Wendy Schenker Judy & David Schiffman° Mr. & Mrs. Peter Schwab Mr. & Mrs. Adam Selsby Richard & Leslie Sevcik° Mr. & Mrs. Judson Snyder Stuart Sondheimer & Bonnie Lucas Pamela B. & Russ M. Strobel° RAVINIA.ORG  • RAVINIAMAGAZINE 43 RAVINIA SUPPORTERS